halloweencrafts: Updated Post on the DIY Bat Dress Pattern from EvaDressUpdated 2019 All photos in
halloweencrafts: Updated Post on the DIY Bat Dress Pattern from EvaDress Updated 2019 All photos in the main collage are by Cynthia DeGrand here. They can be found on EvaDress’ Blog here. This is an advanced sewing project from EvaDress. The Bat Dress was inspired by the illustration Travestissement Chauve-Sourisin in La mode Illustrée, Journal de la Famille,1887 below. About the EvaDress Pattern The $28 pattern by EvaDress can be bought at evadress.com here. You can also buy the Bat Dress Pattern on myshopify.com here. The 21 piece pattern includes: pieces for the wings corset bodice flounced skirt gloves polonaise fichu The dress comes in the following sizes: Size set A: 33" to 39" bust, 22" to 28" waist, 33" to 37" hip Size set B: 41" to 45" bust, 28" to 34" waist, 39" to 43" hip You can find a post on making the Bat Dress Gloves here. The Bat Dress Crinoline Progress is detailed on EvaDress Blog here. EvaDress’ daughter made the Bat Bust Ornamentation using paper and fabric mâché. Other Bat Dresses Sewing to Distraction has an entire post dedicated to her experience sewing the EvaDress Bat Dress here. For another interpretation of the Bat Dress, check out Darling and Dash’s post here. The Bat Headpiece was made from, “Black striped netting over the shoulder drape gathered and pinned to front with furry bat.” Bat Dress Background There is an excellent post on Victorian Bat Dresses on Cogpunk Steamscribe here, titled: The Victorian Batgirl: a Steampunk Feminist Perspective Below is a Victorian German photograph of a “Bat Woman” costume found here. Another Bat Costume photograph is from the Museum Victoria here. Lastly, check out this Bat Fan from the 1900s that sold at auction. “Hand painted, exceptionally rare miniature bat fan. On thin shaved wood. One of the most unusual items we have seen. Wingspan 3.5 inches. Circa 1900.” -- source link
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